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Post by rlubikey on Apr 14, 2022 15:37:57 GMT 1
2014 at 8:42pm Quote Edit like Post Options Post by rlubikey on Apr 2, 2014 at 8:42pm Got my FTP working. Out with gFTP and in with FileZilla. I can now upload photos again. So, I drove the Atlas all summer but the only photo with sunshine was ... ... the evening the Spit broke down (well, ran out of petrol actually - I hadn't noticed the gauge was on empty!!!) and I had to go shopping. Atlas at Waitrose I was looking at the spare steering box that came with the van. It was CAKED in oily mud, but when I cleaned that off it looked ... well, the steering box was OK but the column was a bit rusty. Atlas steering box I bolted it to a girder and tried to assess the play. It didn't seem that much, so I fitted it to the van. Turned out it was better than the original. Still not great though. At least I can send one off for refurbishment. Then there was the speedo. The gearbox will be changed so I don't want to mess around opening the current one to fix the worm drive. (Yes, I did check it wasn't the cable) So I got a gear-tooth sensor I happened to have - turns out it's a hall-effect type which means the output is easy to use. Did a little mild steel bracket on the back of the gearbox so the sensor picks up the propshaft bolts ... Hall sensor on gearbox The sensor output goes straight into a Smith's tacho with just a pullup resistor - soldered on inside. Hey-presto, one speedo. (Negative-earth speedo case protected from positive-earth parcel shelf with old plastic container and a jiffy bag It's just a temporary measure! Smith's tacho as an electronic speedo Finally (for now) the driver's door lock internals, machined from solid (bottom-right) Atlas door lock internals And rods attached, ready for reassembly. Atlas door lock ready for assembly That's all for now. More photos very soon. Richard
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Post by rlubikey on Apr 14, 2022 15:38:35 GMT 1
Post by Eternal Optimist on Apr 2, 2014 at 9:40pm Quality materials used to bodge the tachometer in - RS components tape no less!
Looking good.
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Post by rlubikey on Apr 14, 2022 15:44:19 GMT 1
Post by rlubikey on Oct 10, 2015 at 6:44pm Well, I feel really ashamed to see I haven't posted for 18-months. There has been a little progress in that time, so here goes... I drove the Atlas over to Picton Sportscars and started stripping ready for the body work. Here's the headlining, perfect except for the wasp nest entry hole! Atals headlining with wasp damage So, with glass, lights, instruments & cables removed (quick job on a van!) we start looking at problem areas. Here's the bottom of the windscreen frame. Rusty Atlas wndscreen frame Hours later, there's a lot of metal exposed, along with evidence of previous repairs. Atlas in bare metal But we give up and send it to be blasted. Where have the doors gone? Atlas after blasting One area of concern was the panel below the windscreen. It was so thin I could press it in a bit with some thumb pressure. Blasting revealed it was peppered with pinholes so we felt a new one would have to be panel-beaten. Out with the old ... Atlas windscreen panel removed Old panel, panel beater's pattern and new panel. Atlas windscreen panels and pattern Atlas new panel offered up The rear valence was also paper thin and suffering from repeated damage reversing into things - this was a working van after all. [Mental note - must consider parking sensors!] Atlas old & new rear valence The nearside sliding door runner was also badly corroded. I think this was the corner sticking out of the barn or wherever it was stored before the previous owner bought it. A new front section was made - mostly simple, but with a complex curve where it follows the cabin roof line. Atlas door runner brackets - old & new We were talking about the new engine and I said I wanted a standard late 60's/70's front plate. But we took the old engine out and looked more closely. The Atlas front plate is Standard 8/10 and early Herald, with a cradle bolted on. The engine mounts were on each end and the position looked very similar to the later system. But laying them on top of each other revealed it wasn't nearly similar enough! Atlas engine mounting compared with 1500 So we built the new engine - a 1500 stroked to 1650cc using TR5 pistons & 1300 conrods - with the original front plate. Have you ever seen an Atlas with a duplex timing chain before??? That's quite enough for now. Richard
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Post by rlubikey on Apr 14, 2022 15:45:29 GMT 1
Post by Eternal Optimist on Oct 10, 2015 at 8:03pm Love this. Thanks for the update and the pics. Engine is looking good....
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Post by rlubikey on Apr 14, 2022 15:47:15 GMT 1
Post by rlubikey on Nov 30, 2016 at 9:05pm Well, nothing moves as slowly as an Atlas - being restored! It's now in at the painters and I thought you'd like some pictures. Just the cream so far, though not very visible as it's been masked up for the chocolate on the lower half. Here's one side where we could lift the paper ... And inside the cab ... More pictures soon with the Russet Brown - and maybe the doors too. Then we've just got to build the overdrive gearbox and fit, along with the engine. I've got to engineer a solution for the carb - hopefully one of my several cunning plans will work out OK. Then several other little things and ... open road, here we come! Cheers, Richard
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Post by rlubikey on Apr 14, 2022 15:49:29 GMT 1
Post by rlubikey on Jan 21, 2017 at 5:20pm Just a little more progress over December and January. Inside, the back and also the cab above the waist-line have been painted in cream (Rover Primula Yellow). The cab below the waste-line has the chocolate (Triumph Russet Brown). I like the way they've done the shelf in cream but the inside front bulkhead in chocolate. I think this photo really shows the warmth from the hint of red in the Russet Brown. For some reason the painter had taken the masking off the outside, even though they haven't painted the lower half yet. That's all for now. Cheers, Richard
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Post by rlubikey on Apr 14, 2022 15:49:51 GMT 1
Post by Eternal Optimist on Jan 22, 2017 at 3:58pm Looking good!
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Post by rlubikey on Apr 14, 2022 15:53:57 GMT 1
2018 at 3:54pm herald948, marshman, and 2 more like this Quote Edit like Post Options Post by rlubikey on Jul 28, 2018 at 3:54pm So, there I was walking along today - as you do - when I thought I saw something in a railway arch ... That looks a bit familiar. Could that be what I think it is? It surely is! But it's not just any old Atlas. 'Tis mine, now sporting a two-tone paint job. OK, the masking hasn't been removed from the top half. Brown in the footwell and cream on the parcel shelf and above. Also in the loading area behind. It's all looking very nice and shiny. Sorry about the quality of the photos - I only had my "dim-phone" with me. We're now discussing the programme of work to get the gearbox & overdrive built, mated with the engine and the whole engine/gearbox assembly put in, ready to MOT and ... drive! Just to remind you how my Atlas looked when I bought it ... That's all for now. Cheers, Richard
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Post by rlubikey on Apr 14, 2022 15:54:31 GMT 1
Post by plockley on Aug 2, 2018 at 2:49pm Why not bring it to the Classic Van and Pick Up Show at Gaydon this Sunday where we have a Club stand .As it's a Standard you can just turn up and you will be in good company as we already have a Leyland 15 (I.e.Atlas Major) coming along. Peter Lockley
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Post by rlubikey on Apr 14, 2022 16:11:33 GMT 1
In early 2020 Picton Sportscars had to close due to landlord trouble. We moved my Atlas to a secret storage location - humidity controlled no less! Days later a certain pandemic hit us and we were all locked down, so the move happened just in time.
I had been made redundant shortly before and wasn't really thinking about the Atlas. However, I've decided to retire so I hope to choose a new place to finish the heavy engineering on the van and get it back on the road. More news when it happens.
Cheers, Richard
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Post by rlubikey on Apr 14, 2022 16:49:33 GMT 1
Signature updated to point at this thread.
Richard
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